Lawrence city leaders say they are interested in putting some limits on general public comments at meetings, capping the period allowed for those comments at 30 minutes. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed potential changes to how it handles public comment during meetings. The commission’s meetings have regularly been going to about 11 p.m., and sometimes later, and the commission agreed that limiting general public comment — as opposed to the comment period for specific agenda items — could allow the commission to get to its regular agenda sooner and provide more predictability to the public. [...]

Seaman USD 345 administrators don’t think they would need it, but if they ever do, they want Narcan to be readily available should there ever be a need to revive a student who overdosed. The Seaman Board of Education on Monday evening briefly discussed the possibility of equipping school nurses and law enforcement at the middle and high schools with Narcan, a drug that can reverse the potentially lethal effects of opiate overdoses. Source: CJonline

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Topeka's first three permanent city managers came from other states. But the next, Stephen Wade, is a native of this community. After months of searching and multiple closed-door meetings, Topeka's mayor and council voted 10-0 late Tuesday to approve a contract calling for Wade, 55, to start work as city manager on Wednesday. Wade has been employed since 2020 by the city of Topeka, where he is administrative and financial services director. He previously spent 30 years in the media industry, including being publisher from 2018 to 2020 of The Topeka Capital-Journal and working previously as general manager at The Augusta [...]

The Federal Reserve will deliver another 75-basis-point interest rate hike next week and likely hold its policy rate steady for an extended period once it eventually peaks, according to a Reuters poll of economists released on Tuesday. Policymakers have done little to push back on market pricing for a third consecutive rate hike of three-quarters of a percentage point at the U.S. central bank's Sept. 20-21 meeting, with inflation, as measured by the Fed's preferred gauge, running at more than three times its 2% target. Source: Reuters

A representative with NextEra Energy Resources, a Florida-based energy firm, confirmed to the Journal-World Thursday that the company is still in the initial stages of gauging whether the area is the right place for a wind energy project. NextEra spokesperson Sara Cassidy said that included assessing existing transmission infrastructure, gauging landowner and county officials’ interest and conducting environmental surveys. ... Nearly a year later, property owners in the path of the proposed project are starting to filter into camps that are open to the project or against it entirely. Source: LJWorld